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To: Rex Dwyer who wrote (6019)	6/15/1999 7:00:00 PM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

IBM ships 340MB Microdrive: IBM also said that it has begun limited shipments of its Microdrive. This matchbook-sized hard drive fits into a small slot in a handheld Windows CE device or a digital camera. For example, IBM's z50 Windows CE handheld PC can use this drive and camera makers have released products that can use the drive. The drive offers data capacities up to 340 MB. Though IBM has shown the drive at conferences since last year, this is the first time it has announced shipments. IBM also announced customers for its Microdrive including Casio, Compaq, the RioPort division of Diamond Multimedia, Kodak, Hitachi, and Nikon. "Launching the microdrive is a strategic next step in the growth of IBM's Original Equipment Manufacturer technology business," IBM said in a statement. The retail price of the Microdrive kit, which includes the 340 MB drive, PC Card adapter and case, is $499. The IBM Microdrives will be available in Japan and the U.S. in retail stores by early summer. Upcoming Rio digital audio devices supporting the drive will provide users with high-capacity MP3 storage, said David Watkins, president of the RioPort Division at Diamond Multimedia in a statement. The IBM microdrive will allow future Rio customers to store several hours of CD-quality music or hundreds of hours of spoken audio, he said. news.com Craig

To: Rex Dwyer who wrote (6019)	6/16/1999 12:36:00 AM
From: NHP	Respond to of 60323

Rex and Thread, There was an interesting article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal entitled, "Rocket eBook: Toward a Paperless Future", June 15 edition, page A16. The article was about electronic books, and was interesting to me because the author did not mention anything about the medium on which the data will be stored. She did mention 3 web sites where information could be obtained about the new electronic-book devices. I browsed the 3 sites but could not find any information about which companies will supply the "Flash Memory Card" for any of units. It would seem that electronic books will expand exponentially. The titles available at Barnes and Noble are increasing rapidly. Excerpt from the WSJ article: "Meanwhile the number of electronic book titles seems sure to expand (and the prices for them--now about the same as for hardcovers--to decrease) as the technology catches on. Electronic book makers have been meeting to establish a standard technology for digitized texts, which would encourage prospective buyers who might otherwise wait to see which company will dominate the market (think of all those Beta customers who later had to replace their machines with VHS)". I believe there are two standards in question. 1) the format for storing the data 2) the specification for the memory-storage card Let's hope that SNDK will be the big player for 2)! More information about electronic books: rocket-ebook.com librius.com softbook.com everybk.com NHP